Is Charizard the BEST Starter in Pokemon Red/Blue?

-Rules and Explanations-
Rules: (1) Only use the one Pokémon in Battle, others for HMs are fine. (2) No Items in battle (3) No Glitches* (4) Set Mode (5) No saving in the Elite Four (6) No evasion moves

*Badge Boost "Glitch" Explanation: When you collect odd numbered badges the game boosts a stat by 12.5%. Brock gives ATK, Surge DEF, Koga SPE, and Blaine SPC (in game text is wrong). When any of your stats are modified (even by you using a move like Withdraw, or your opponent using Leer) the badge boosts are re-applied. So If you use Swords Dance, you also gain *an additional* 12.5% in Speed/Defence/Special (on top of the 12.5% you were supposed to be getting). When you level up, the game corrects this error, and only the non-glitch 12.5% remains. Because of how difficult it is to avoid, I've allowed for it to be exploited, since opponents will spam Leer/Growl anyways, and this way battles are less random. Red/Blue are extremely buggy, so there's always going to be *some* glitches present, and because of how unavoidable this one is, it is allowed in runs, and considered more like a special Generation 1 mechanic as opposed to a glitch.

[thestalost]

After you're done with Blastoise, too, I think the perfect Pokemon to do next would be Raichu. As it is somewhat an evolution of a starter.

[michaelangelopicon]

Does anyone else watch these and NEVER get tired of Jrose11 explaining the gen 1 game mechanics? I think what sets this channel apart is the commentary and good ability to tell a

[theconceptofdeth]

Congratulations on first trying your arch-nemesis, that ledge on route 22. You inspire us all.

[adrthegreatball]

I got off early from work today and have a week off right as you started the 30 days of uploading. The stars aligned perfectly.

[ChrisMcGiggity]

I'm really glad you left in the "okay that part out" . I love when youtubers do these 30 day challenges and we get to gradually see them going insane. I thought for sure with the ammount of times you've played through these games it would have taken a lot longer than 4 days but still pretty funny to see. Praying for your sanity man. Love all the work you put in these videos are absolutely great!

PS really hope to hear a count impression at some point during these 30 days! (Or multiple times) I know you think the joke got old but I loved hearing it every video

[mrgonzalez]

I feel like most of Charizard's popularity is because 1) he was one of the only Pokemon that Ash has in the anime that fully evolved, and was very strong ( I wish Bulbasaur and Squirtle evolved), 2) He reminded people of Dragons, 3) lots of people did really like having it as a starter despite any comparison to the other two

[firedrake]

Gyarados is so spooky in this run. Sure, it has a 20% chance to miss *THE* *PUMP* but the odds are the same it just crits and kills you outright lol

[firedrake]

Charizard, talking mad shit about Venusaur: "I'm so fast, I can do whatever I want. Watch me first-try the elite four and rank S with Mewtwo"
Dewgong, the first pokémon in the Elite Four: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

[chucktaylor]

The month of Jrose is upon us and I'm very happy about this. Merry Christmas to all of us huh? Thank you Jrose for the videos you give us. I love them. This channel and Mr Ballen and Swagkage are my favorite channels and it's not even close

[travisromero]

I absolutely love the month of Jrose. I can watch all of his previous gen stuff, but I still have the new generation content I get to watch after this. I wish every month was Jrose month…

[matthewnoland]

This is gonna be one hell of a month man! Keep up the awesome work Jrose!

[Urahara]

18:09 one of these days I’m sure he’ll realize that if he wants to set up against dewgong than he should attack it once before. It is programmed to always use rest turn 2.

[AndrooTheNerd]

Charizard really started to get better in Gen VI with its Mega Evolutions but I’m very curious to see how he does here. There’s not a lot of Rock moves in the game to handle him either.

[xardspl]

One of the very few content creators that I actually watch back to back when a new video is posted. And then usually go and watch a couple of the old ones for good measure 😁

Thank you Jrose11!

[powerplay]

Jrose: Please edit this out
AJ: I shall not!

[moonrabbit]

I would love to see you doing the same with Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise but in gen 3! Would definitely be interesting to see the comparison with their more diverse move pools. Anyway, keep up the great work! 😁

[Beller]

We needed jrose month. Love having videos from you this often!!!!

[chicarbiomed]

Perfect video to listen before I fall asleep to nap while I’m sick. Good nostalgia right into dream land

[OtakuJuanma]

The whole schpeal "no just kidding, edit that out" was hilarious. Thank you editor for NOT editing that out.

[gasparguruoftime]

The Venusaur/Charizard vids have been a blast to me for a personal reason. I've always loved Charizard the most, and as a kid I'd only train my starter like most people did. I could *never* beat the Elite Four with him solo though, even though he was in the low 70s; I'd get as far as Dragonite if I was lucky. I remember getting frustrated and restarting to choose Bulbasaur. Solo Venusaur is what finally allowed me to beat the game (complete with Body Slam Spam™). Watching this video and seeing why is so fascinating, right down to the Dragonair/Dragonite Agility spam against Venusaur being what most likely pushed me over the hump to finally winning way back then. Good times.

So anyway, even though Charizard is still my favorite, I can somewhat verify Venusaur as the better solo of the two.